Micah Taul (May 14, 1785 – May 27, 1850) was an American pioneer, planter, lawyer, and politician. He served one term in the
United States House of Representatives
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for Kentucky. In 1826 he moved to
Winchester, Tennessee
Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Winchester micropolitan area. The population of Winchester as of the 2020 census was 9,375.
History
Winchester was created as the seat o ...
, where he practiced law for twenty years. Then he moved with his family to Mardisville, Alabama, where he operated a cotton plantation for several years before his death. He was the grandfather of politician Taul Bradford.
Early life and education
Micah Taul was born on May 14, 1785, in
Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,657 at the 2020 census. Areas in Bladensburg are located within ZIP code 20710. Bladensburg is from Washington, D.C.
History
Originally called Garr ...
. Taul moved as a child to Kentucky with his parents in 1787, soon after the United States had gained independence. He attended private school, as no public schools were yet established. He studied law, probably "reading" with an established firm, and serving as a legal apprentice. He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1801 and commenced practice in
Monticello, Kentucky
Monticello is a city in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States. It is the county seat, seat of its county. Its population was 5,753 at the time of the 2020 United States census.
Monticello claims to be "the Houseboat Capital of the World", as nu ...
, the county seat of Wayne County. That year he also served as Clerk of Wayne County Courts.
He married and had a family.
Career
During the War of 1812, he raised and outfitted troops, serving as a colonel of Wayne County Volunteers.
In 1814 Taul was elected as a
Democratic-Republican
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to the Fourteenth Congress, serving one term (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816.
Taul resumed his law practice. He moved in 1826 with his family to
Winchester, Tennessee
Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Winchester micropolitan area. The population of Winchester as of the 2020 census was 9,375.
History
Winchester was created as the seat o ...
, on the southern border of the state, and continued the practice of law.
In 1846 he moved to Mardisville, Alabama, an area that had many cotton plantations, and had once been home to the
Creek people
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands He was interred on his plantation at Mardisville.
He was the grandfather of Taul Bradford, who represented Alabama in Congress and served the Confederacy in the American Civil War.